CD Tenerife facts for kids
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| Full name | Club Deportivo Tenerife, S.A.D. | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Tete Chicharreros Tinerfeños Blanquiazules |
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| Founded | 8 August 1922 | |||
| Ground | Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López | |||
| Capacity | 22,824 | |||
| Owner | Paulino Rivero Baute | |||
| President | Paulino Rivero Baute | |||
| Head coach | Pepe Mel | |||
| League | Segunda División | |||
| 2022–23 | Segunda División, 10th of 22 | |||
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Club Deportivo Tenerife, often just called Tenerife, is a Spanish football club. It's based in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, on the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands. The club was started in 1922.
Tenerife plays its home games at the Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López. This stadium can hold 22,824 fans! The team's classic home uniform is white shirts and blue shorts. They currently play in the Segunda División, which is the second-highest football league in Spain.
Tenerife has played in La Liga, Spain's top football league, many times. They were in the top league for 10 years, from 1989 to 1999. During that time, they twice finished in fifth place. This amazing achievement allowed them to play in the UEFA Cup, a big European competition. Their most recent time in La Liga was in the 2009–10 season.
Because the Canary Islands are far off the coast of Africa, Tenerife is one of the most isolated professional football clubs. They have a big rivalry with UD Las Palmas from the nearby island of Gran Canaria. Their matches are known as the Canary Islands derby.
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History of CD Tenerife
Club Deportivo Tenerife was founded in 1922. When La Liga started in 1928, Tenerife played in local leagues. They were promoted to the Segunda División in 1953. In 1961, they reached the top league, La Liga, for the first time. However, they were sent back down right away. For the next 27 years, they mostly played in the second division. They also spent some years in the third division.
In 1985, Tenerife was relegated to the third division again. That year, Javier Pérez became the club's president. The team was promoted back to the second division. Two years later, in 1989, they returned to La Liga after winning a special playoff against Real Betis.
In 1991, Jorge Valdano became the team's manager. He helped Tenerife achieve some of its best results. In the 1992–93 season, the club finished in an amazing fifth place in La Liga. This allowed them to play in the 1993–94 UEFA Cup. They reached the round of 16 in that competition, but lost to the strong Italian team, Juventus.
In 1995, German coach Jupp Heynckes took over. He led Tenerife to another fifth-place finish in La Liga in 1996. They also reached the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey, Spain's main cup competition. In the 1996–97 UEFA Cup, Tenerife did even better. They made it all the way to the semi-finals! They beat big teams like Lazio and Feyenoord before losing to Schalke 04.
After these successful years, Tenerife's performance declined. They were relegated from La Liga in 1999. In 2001, the club was promoted back to La Liga, led by coach Rafael Benítez. However, Benítez left for Valencia soon after. The team struggled and was relegated again in 2002.
Tenerife faced serious money problems in the years that followed. In 2009, after seven years, they finally returned to La Liga. But their stay was short, and they were relegated again in 2010. The 2010–11 season saw them relegated once more, this time back to the third division. On June 2, 2013, the club, coached by Álvaro Cervera, earned promotion back to the second division.
European Cup History
Tenerife has played in the UEFA Cup (now called the Europa League) twice. These were exciting times for the club!
In the 1993–94 UEFA Cup, they played against teams from different countries:
- They beat AJ Auxerre from France.
- They beat Olympiacos from Greece.
- They lost to Juventus from Italy in the round of 16.
In the 1996–97 UEFA Cup, they had an even more successful run:
- They beat Maccabi Tel Aviv from Israel.
- They beat Lazio from Italy.
- They beat Feyenoord from the Netherlands.
- They beat Brøndby from Denmark in the quarter-finals.
- They reached the semi-finals, where they lost to Schalke 04 from Germany. This was a fantastic achievement for the club!
Honours
Tenerife has won some important awards and reached high levels in competitions:
Domestic Achievements
- Copa del Rey (Spain's main cup competition)
- Semi-finals (1): 1993–94
- Quarter-finals (4): 1960–61, 1961–62, 1975–76, 1995–96
Continental Achievements
- UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League
- Semi-finals (1): 1996–97
Friendly Achievements
- Joan Gamper Trophy (A friendly tournament hosted by FC Barcelona)
- Winners (1): 1993
Fans
Fans of Tenerife are often called Chicharreros. This nickname comes from the early days when people in a small fishing village, which later became Santa Cruz de Tenerife, ate a lot of "chicharros" (Atlantic horse mackerel).
At first, people from other parts of the Canary Islands used this name to make fun of them. But over time, the people of Santa Cruz proudly accepted the nickname!
Images for kids
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Club Deportivo Tenerife league performance from 1929 to the present.
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A match between Tenerife and Real Sociedad in 2008.
See also
In Spanish: Club Deportivo Tenerife para niños
- CD Tenerife B
